Table 3.
Adjuvant therapy, pathological features and follow-up
Patient no. | c-KIT | Tumor size (mm) | Mitotic count (/50 HPF) | Risk | Neoadj. therapy | Adjuvant therapy | Disease relapse | Status |
1 | pos. | 32 | 5 | Low risk | No | No | No | NED at 6 mo |
2 | pos. | 35 | 14 | High risk | No | Imatinib | No | NED at 7 mo |
3 | pos. | 14 | 1 | Very low risk | No | No | No | NED at 13 mo |
4 | pos. | 110 | 35 | High risk | No | No | Liver | Died of PD at 3 mo |
5 | pos. | 30 | 0 | Low risk | No | No | No | NED at 90 mo |
6 | pos. | 25 | 0 | Low risk | No | No | No | NED at 111 mo |
7 | pos. | 110 | 4 | High risk | No | No | No | NED at 92 mo |
8 | pos. | 50 | 0 | Low risk | Imatinib | No | No | Died with NED at 37 mo |
9 | pos. | 80 | 1 | Intermediate | Imatinib | Imatinib | No | NED at 39 mo |
HPF: High-power field; NED: No evidence of disease; pos: Positive; PD: Progressive disease.